QCA Seeks Grant Applications

The Queens Council on the Arts (QCA) invites Queens artists and nonprofit organizations providing cultural services to apply for funding. Grants range from $1,000 to $5,000.

The Queens Community Arts Fund (QCAF) provides grants for Queens' nonprofit organizations offering cultural activities and individual artists for the creation of new work. Recipients are selected through a competitive peer panel process, ensuring the highest quality of arts activities and services in the borough. The QCAF grant program offers an opportunity for local involvement in funding decisions affecting the cultural environment in Queens.

To apply, nonprofit organizations must be Queens-based, in existence for at least one year, and provide cultural programming in Queens. Individual artists must live in Queens and engage the citizens of Queens County. The 2008 Queens Community Arts Fund Application is available to download at www.queenscouncilarts.org. Prospective applicants can also review guidelines and eligibility requirements and view all Application Information Sessions dates.

All new applicants are required to attend one of the Application Information Sessions offered at various locations in Queens during August and September. Some sessions will offer foreign language translation. Technical assistance for grant writing will be provided. Registration is suggested.

The first Application Information Session date for organizations is Tuesday, August 7 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Greater Astoria Historical Society, Quinn Building, 35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor, Long Island City.

The first Session date for individual artists is Wednesday, August 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Arrow Community Center, 35-30 35th St., Astoria.

The application submission deadline for organizations is Friday October 12; for individual artists, Wednesday October 17.

The Queens Community Arts Fund, a program of the Queens Council on the Arts, is supported in part by funding from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, (Greater New York Arts Development Fund) and the JP Morgan Chase Regrant Program.